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Conservative Way Forward

British pressure and campaigning group

Summary

British pressure and campaigning group

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nameConservative Way Forward
imageConservative Way Forward (logo).jpg
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affiliationsConservative Party
Thatcherism
Euroscepticism
key_peopleCecil Parkinson
Eric Forth
Sir Christopher Chope
Margaret Thatcher
Chrissie Boyle
website

Thatcherism Euroscepticism Eric Forth Sir Christopher Chope Margaret Thatcher Chrissie Boyle

Conservative Way Forward (CWF) is a British pressure ad campaigning group, which is Thatcherite in its outlook and agenda. Margaret Thatcher was its founding president.

Conservative Way Forward was founded in 1991 to "defend and build upon the achievements of the Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher's leadership, and to adapt the principles of her era in government to modern concerns and challenges".

The group organises speaker meetings, seminars and receptions, supported and attended by Government Ministers past and future.

In all leadership elections since 1997, the candidate supported by Conservative Way Forward has ultimately won.

Conservative Way Forward is to be relaunched in 2022 by MP Steve Baker who will be its new chairman.

Margaret Thatcher Library

On 14 April 2013, the group announced that it was setting up a Margaret Thatcher Library as a permanent memorial to the former prime minister. The project will be based on the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California, and has the support of several current and former Conservative cabinet members. It is expected to run training courses for young Conservatives and exchange student programmes to the US and elsewhere, as well as house artifacts from her premiership.

Officers

In December 2015 Paul Abbott resigned as chief executive, and Donal Blaney resigned as chairman, following the suicide of Elliott Johnson soon after being made redundant as an employee of Conservative Way Forward. This followed the resignations of Minister of State for International Development Grant Shapps, and the expulsion from the Conservative Party of Mark Clarke, following allegations of bullying of Elliott Johnson.

Executive director:

  • Chrissie Boyle (2015–)

Founding President:

  • Margaret Thatcher

Honorary Vice Presidents:

  • Christopher Chope, former Transport Minister and former Chairman of Conservative Way Forward
  • Liam Fox, International Trade Secretary and former Defence Secretary
  • Greg Hands, former Chief Secretary to the Treasury
  • William Hague, former Foreign Secretary
  • Norman Tebbit, former Party Chairman
  • Sajid Javid, Home Secretary, former Communities Secretary and Business Secretary

Parliamentary Council

Chairman:

  • Gerald Howarth, former defence minister (2015–)

Deputy Chairman:

  • James Cleverly

;Council Members

  • Conor Burns
  • Greg Hands
  • Charlie Elphicke
  • Liam Fox

Board of Management

;Chairman

  • Gerald Howarth

History

Former Honorary Chairmen:

  • Cecil Parkinson (1991–1997)
  • Eric Forth (1997–2001)
  • Christopher Chope (2001–2009)
  • Don Porter CBE (2009–2012)
  • Donal Blaney (−2015)

References

References

  1. (25 March 2005). "Tory quits in 'hidden cuts' row". [[BBC]].
  2. Hope, Christopher. (2 April 2013). "Former Coalition defence minister takes over Margaret Thatcher legacy group to fight defence cuts". [[The Daily Telegraph]].
  3. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/12060279/Donal-Blaney-resigns-from-campaign-group-Conservative-Way-Forward.html Donal Blaney] Retrieved 5 Feb 2016
  4. Baker, Steve. (2021-12-11). "Boris Johnson's overreaction to omicron variant is squandering the goodwill and trust of voters". The Telegraph.
  5. "I will be relaunching Conservative Way Forward to redefine the territory on which the Conservative Party operates. Steve Baker MP, CWF Chairman.".
  6. Hennessy, Patrick. (14 April 2013). "Margaret Thatcher: plans to build museum as permanent memorial". Telegraph Media Group.
  7. Grierson, Jamie. (19 December 2015). "Two figures at Tory thinktank linked to alleged bullying step down". [[The Guardian]].
  8. Jones, Callum. (20 December 2015). "Tory campaign group leaders resign over bullying scandal". [[The Times]].
  9. (2 April 2013). "Former Coalition defence minister takes over Margaret Thatcher legacy group to fight defence cuts".
  10. (19 May 2006). "Eric Forth". The Daily Telegraph.
  11. "Christopher Chope". [[Conservative Party (UK).
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